Rows of identical simple frame, modified shotgun plan dwellings set gable end to the street were built by the developers to house the cigar workers. The modest houseform dominated until about 1908 when the bungalow style was used to update the standard form or used for more substantial homes. The bungalow or vernacular
variations of the style became the norm after the First World War. Am incident study of the neighborhood identified five basic houseforms that comprise a majority of the pre-1929 houses in the oldest sections of the neighborhood. There are few grand, 'highstyle' houses in West Tampa which still conveys its position as a workers neighborhood.

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Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project.